Curtain-ring.



( Patentd Got. 24, I899.

5. 0. snow". CURTAIN RING.

(Application filed May 19, 1898.)

(No Model.)

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CURTAlN-RlNG.

sPEcIFIcATIoN ionizing part: of Lett rs Patent NcJSBiQQ, inns-.1 otwour 24. 1898 Apyliration llll'tl May 1th 1898. $eriel No. 681,147. No model.)

io LM whom 2'! only ultll'l'lb; lie it kno' 'n thatl, HAAHELUIISOX Bnows, a citizen oi the l'nited States, residingatltexville, in the c .lnty of Steuben and State of New York, have invented a new and useful ('urtain -liing, of which the following is a specification.

.lly invention relates to curtain-rings, and more especially to that class of rings which are constructed to form holders for the curta'n.

The object of my invention is to produce a cheap and simple ring, made of a single piece of metal, which will be adapted to hang slidably upon the curtain-pole and at the same time serve as a clasp to hold the upper edge of the curtain, thus dispensing with the necessity of using. means separate from the ring to secure the curtain thereto.

1th this ob ect in view my in vention consists in a curtain-ring composed of a single piece of metal bent to ring form, curved in cross-section for something over one-ha f the circnmt'ercnec of the ring, and having, the two ends bent outward and formed into V-shaped corru atious adapted to tit each other and hold the upper end of the curtain, the extreme outer ends of the strip being curved to form ling'cnholds for separating the curved corrugations from each other.

My invention further consists in the'1'mproved construction, arrangement, and com bination of parts hereinafter fnllydescribcd and afterward specifically pointed out. in the appended claim. I

' in order to enable others skilled in the art to which my invention most nearly appertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe its construction and operation, reference being had to the accompartying drawings, forming part of this spccilicatiou, in which-- l igui'c 1 is a perspective view of a portion of a curtainrod andcurtain connected together by rings constructed in accordance with my invention. l ig. L is a perspective view of a eurtain-ring constructed in accordance with my invention detached from the pole and curtain. Fig. 2) is a side elevation thereof. Fig. l. is a vertical section taken ('vlltX'ully through the same. Fig. I) is an-edgc new.

hike letters of reference mark the same parts wherm or they occur in the different figures of the drawings.

. lit 'crring to the drawings by letters, Ain dicates a portion of a curtainpole and upon which I have shown 'in Fig. 1 two rings B constructed in accordance with my invention. Each of these rings is composed of a single piece of sheet mctal,thc cross-section of which, at the point where the upper side of the ring bears upon the pole, is curved, with the concaved side outward and the convex side in contact with the top of the pole to facilitate the moving of the ring" lengthwise thereon. This concavity decreases in depth until about the point B, where it disappears, the balance of the strip being llat. At the point 13*, where the circle of the ring is completed, one end of the strip is formed into V-shapnd corrugations C and the other end into V-shaped corrugations 1), which fit into each other, The extreme ends of the str ps, beyond the corrugations, are formed into finger-holds O and D. 'lhe ri ng being composed of elastic sheet metal, itis so formed that the tendency of its elasticity is to close the two sides of the cor rugations t and i) into each other, so that any textile or other soft material placed between thcm will be securely clamped and held thereby.

In the practical operation of my invention the thumb and linger of the operators hand are placed in the linger-holds C and D, respectively, and f creed apart, carrying .corrugations (I a nil l) apart sufficiently to permit the rin"; to ac passed over the top of the cur taiu-rod aftt r the rod is already secured in position. Having placed a suliicient number of rings upon the rod, each ring can be opened by the means before described, the upper zr'lgc of a curtain E inserted between. the corrigations, and the pressure on the finger-holds released, permitting the elasticity of the ring to press the corrugations of the ring together on the curtain and firmly hold it in position.

The simplicity,cheapness, and clfectivenessof my invention will be apparent from the foregoing description, and while I have illustratcd and described what I now consider eliicient means for carrying out myinvention I do not wish to be understood as limiting my self to the exact details of construction shown and described, but hold that such slight changes or variations mightsuggest them selves to the ordinary mechanic would properly fall within the limitand scope of my invention.

Having thus fully described my invention what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of. the United States, is

A curtain-ring composed of a single piece.

of metal'b ent to ring form, curved in crossseetion for about one-halt the circumference l J l thereof, "nd open at the bottom of the two strips bent outward and formedinto V-shaped SAMUEL ORSON BROWN.

Witnesses:

V. F. JOHNSON, II. A. Oosro 

